explorer
part of speech
noun (an explorer, explorers)
meaning for a pupil
1) An explorer is a person who travels to unknown or little-known places to find out about them. tree →
2) An explorer can be anyone who likes to look around and discover new things. tree →
3) A file explorer is a computer program for finding files. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and geography lessons pupils learn about explorers who crossed oceans, deserts, the poles and space, and also how exploring affected the people already living there. In stories explorers have maps, compasses and adventures. Phrases: «a polar explorer», «a space explorer», «a famous explorer».
examples
- The explorer crossed the frozen Antarctic. tree →
- Explorers used compasses and the stars to find their way. tree →
- My little sister is a great explorer of the garden. tree →
- Astronauts are explorers of space. tree →
- The explorer wrote about everything in his diary. tree →
- Many lands the explorers «discovered» already had people living there. tree →
- We dressed up as jungle explorers for the party. tree →
- A long way off in the winter mist they could see the explorer Nordenskiold with his ship Vega trying to find an opening between the ice. tree →
note
Countable; starts with a vowel sound: «an explorer». Verb: «explore»; noun: «exploration». Trap: explorers often «discovered» places that local people already knew well.
In the corpora
- Explorers were brave and skilled, but their voyages also opened the way for colonies that took land from local peoples.
- French explorers and settlers founded Québec in 1608 and traded furs with First Nations across the country.
- Explorers travelled into the unknown and brought back descriptions, so mapmakers could fill in the gaps bit by bit.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «explorer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.